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Re: Show HN: Minimal native MP3 player for Mac

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Post by pjmlp »

roryisok wrote: post #100
pjmlp wrote: post #82

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Electron apps should stay in the browser as the Web apps they are.

And if the browser provided unrestricted file access they probably would. But we'd all be in trouble

All apps, even native ones should be forbidden to have unrestricted file access.

Just because something runs under my id, doesn't mean I want it to read everything I have in $HOME without me knowing about it, and possibly sharing it with the world.

On my systems, every sandbox option I can enable is turned on.

Re: Show HN: Minimal native MP3 player for Mac

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Post by roryisok »

pjmlp wrote: post #101
roryisok wrote: post #100

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And if the browser provided unrestricted file access they probably would. But we'd all be in trouble

All apps, even native ones should be forbidden to have unrestricted file access. Just because something runs under my id, doesn't mean I want it to read everything I have in $HOME without me knowing about it, and possibly sharing it with the world. On my systems, every sandbox option I can enable is turned on.

My point was the browser has no file access. Most electron apps work with the filesystem in some way, and in the browser it's not possible to, for instance, give a web app access to a folder on the desktop

Re: Show HN: Minimal native MP3 player for Mac

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Post by roryisok »

ksrm wrote: post #102
roryisok wrote: post #4

I've been looking for something like this for months, ever since I switched from Windows for work. I miss foobar2000

Try Billy https://www.sheepfriends.com/index-page=billy.html

I'm a big fan of Billy, however it's Windows only and not available for download anymore. I'm not sure why you'd suggest it in this context

Re: Show HN: Minimal native MP3 player for Mac

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Post by rcthompson »

saagarjha wrote: post #64
tbodt wrote: post #19

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Fun fact: if you press and hold the spotlight icon in the menu bar, the spotlight window is reset to its default position.

If you have a Force Touch trackpad, you'll feel a notch when dragging the window around, which will you you align it with the default position.

Does this feature exist for any other window alignment tasks?

Re: Show HN: Minimal native MP3 player for Mac

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Post by pjmlp »

roryisok wrote: post #103
pjmlp wrote: post #101

Earlier quoted context omitted.

All apps, even native ones should be forbidden to have unrestricted file access. Just because something runs under my id, doesn't mean I want it to read everything I have in $HOME without me knowing about it, and possibly sharing it with the world. On my systems, every sandbox option I can enable is turned on.

My point was the browser has no file access. Most electron apps work with the filesystem in some way, and in the browser it's not possible to, for instance, give a web app access to a folder on the desktop

HTML 5 File API is a thing.

Re: Show HN: Minimal native MP3 player for Mac

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Post by tmalsburg2 »

neverartful wrote: post #49

Yay for anything != iTunes. I've been contemplating the iTunes dilemma for quite a while and decided that I needed to start moving off iTunes and not be locked onto a specific platform. My approach so far is to store my audio files in cloud-based object storage system, including a SQLite file as my catalog. When I start one of my players, it pulls the latest copy of my catalog and then starts random play. My latest p…

Thank you for mentioning the HifiBerry DAC+ which I didnt't know. Looks very interesting. They call the pro version "audiophile" which is hard to believe at $39. How well does it perform in your experience?

Re: Show HN: Minimal native MP3 player for Mac

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Post by rovr138 »

always_good wrote: post #71
rovr138 wrote: post #68

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Of course, it would make it cluttered which would make finding the most used information harder. But sometimes a quick look at the manual is all that's needed, > Tip: To see what time a message was sent or received, drag a bubble to the left. https://help.apple.com/iphone/11/#/iph82fb73ba3

You can't add much more indirection than making someone credentialize in a manual to do something as trivial as showing timestamps. Better hope you catch that one-liner tip and then remember it when you're back in the app at some other point in time. I'd rather every app just have a hamburger menu with a menagerie of settings so that those settings can exist even if they're too hard to design for. Instead designers w…

But can you talk about CLI and criticize looking in manuals and one liners you have to remember?

I believe it's smarter knowing how to find things and where. That's what I'm trying to show. That it is documented and where. Maybe someone could benefit from the link.

I don't have any pull with Apple to get them to change. I can just read the manual and figure out how things work.

Re: Show HN: Minimal native MP3 player for Mac

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Post by roryisok »

pjmlp wrote: post #107
roryisok wrote: post #103

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My point was the browser has no file access. Most electron apps work with the filesystem in some way, and in the browser it's not possible to, for instance, give a web app access to a folder on the desktop

HTML 5 File API is a thing.

Groovy
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